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| Yellow-rumped
Warbler Dendroica coronata |
 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Description: An abundant, large warbler with a distinct yellow rump and white tail spots. The Eastern "Myrtle Warbler" has a white throat, while the western "Audubon’s Warbler" has a yellow. The "Myrtle Warbler" has a dark auricular patch and white supercilium. Breast has variable amount of black streaks with yellow flanks. The "Audubon’s Warbler" has bluish gray head, broken eye-ring, and black chest and sides with yellow on flanks. |
Song: A variable slow warble. In “Audubon’s,” rises or falls towards the end; in “Myrtle’s,” a more musical trill. Recording Produced by: Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. |
Distribution: Breeds in mixed coniferous from interior Alaska across Canada and the Great Lakes Region, through New England and into the mid-Atlantic States. Winters coastal to Nova Scotia and throughout the mid-Atlantic and South in the East, and winters in coastal Washington south through California in the West. An early spring migrant Yellow-rumped Warblers arrive at their breeding grounds by late April. |
| Status: BBS trends indicate that the "Myrtle Warbler" numbers are increasing throughout its range, while "Audubon’s Warbler" populations are stable. |
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